Is there an Occupier’s liability for damage caused by a dog on a property owned by the Respondent?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Ray et al v. Floyd, 2018 BCCRT 391 (CanLII):
22. Occupier’s liability is where damage happens on property controlled by the occupier. Here, the question is whether the respondent breached her duty of care under section 3 of the Occupier’s Liability Act to take reasonable care to ensure others on her property were reasonably safe from injury that she ought to have foreseen. I find the respondent did so, in that she had no reason to believe Molly would cause the type of harm that occurred (see Lewis v. Robinson et al, 2001 BCSC 643 (CanLII) for a similar conclusion).
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